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ENEM13015 - Design of Machine Elements

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit aims to integrate and apply prior knowledge in engineering materials, structural mechanics, engineering statics and dynamics and fundamental engineering design to analyse, synthesise and predict the performance of machine components and assemblies according to Australian and International Standards and design codes. You will acquire theoretical knowledge of variable and fatigue loading and failure theories as applied to ductile and brittle materials. You must also understand load carriage and power transmission performance of dynamic machine components.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: ENEX13003 Mechanical Design Practice

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Cairns
Gladstone
Mackay
Online
Rockhampton

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

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This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 15.79% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: Email, In Class
Feedback
Challenges with team collaborations
Recommendation
Segregate the on-campus and distance students into specific groups and prevent the collaborative issues
Action Taken
The UC organised, facilitated, and moderated a few Zoom meetings for teams that were facing collaborative challenges. This mitigated the issue.
Source: UC Reflection
Feedback
Students' low level of engineering drawing and CAD skills
Recommendation
UC should provide more background information and practice tutorials on engineering drawing and CAD.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Introduce more case studies in the weekly discussions
Recommendation
UC should explore the possibility of including more case studies in the weekly lectures.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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